I love seeing Christmas trees decorated in the middle of nowhere. Traveling the U.S. the way I do, I see a lot of trees alongside the highways decorated this time of year. Sometimes, they're miles from anything.

I showed the trees in Flagstaff yesterday; here's a close up of one to show just how many lights are used.

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May the tail of the elephant never have to swat the flies from your face.

After about an hour and 20 minutes of walking I found myself at the western end of Centennial Park, ready to walk right through to where the Otipua creek meets the ocean. Quite possibly another two and a half hours of walking (and then another hour and a half to get home)....my poor feet got blisters after all of this, I need new shoes.

Loving all the photos so far this month, so diverse in theme, colour and style! I've a fun one to share today. My son and I have just have a blast shooting paper 'peas' at each other from our (primitive) home-made pea-shooters: